Apparatus for molding sugar.



Patented. Oct. 28, I902.

J. R. LANGLGIS. APPARATUS FOR MOLDING SUGAR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

JOSEPH ROBIN LANGLOIS, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FoR MOLDING SUGAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 712,391, dated October28,1902. Application filed N0vember 24, 1899. Serial No. 733.211. (Nomodel.)

same into a pasty mass without compression and to provide amolding-machine for'the treatment of the pastymass.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure 1is a sectional elevation showing the apparatus for,

preparing the sugar for the molding-machine; Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe. molding-machine. of the molding-machine. section on the line mm,Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a detailvertical view of the distributer, partly broken away.Fig. 7 is adetail plan and sectional view of part of the 11 forremovaltherefrom; an elevator 1-2tp feed cylinder or distributer. tailelevation of the feed cylinder or distributer, partly broken away.

The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the severalviews of the drawings.

Theapparatns for refining or preparinglthe sugar for molding consists ofa receptacle adjacent to a quay 1, from which the sugar: is unloadedinto said receptacle andwhich is; supported by a base 3; an elevator4 tocarry the sugar to a washing-tank 6, havinga drippipe 7 discharging intoa centrifugaIB, con-1 tained in a vessel 9, whence the drippings are 1discharged through a spout 10 into a vessel carrythe sugarfrom thevessel9 to a second washing-tank 14, which has a drip-pipe 15 leading toa centrifugal16 in a vessel 17, provided with adrip-spout 18,discharging into a receiver 19, whence the drippings are conveyed to thewasher 6 by a pipe 21. Au elevator 22 conducts the sugar from the vessel17 to a drying-table 24, having crushing-rollers 25, and terminating ata cylindrical sieve invention is to provide for quickly refiningbeet-root, cane, or other sugars by taking them in the raw and crys-]tallized state andafterward washing, drying, and grinding for thepurpose of forming the vertical shafts and 56, respectively. shafts 55and 56 are provided with vanes 57, working through vertically-disposedmixingcylinders 59 and 60, respectively, having Fig. 3 is a top viewandpart section- Fig. 4 is a detailf Fig. 5 is a detailed elevation of oneof ten small plate-liftsu Fig. 8 is a de- .Vanes 111, is journaled.

26, which is operated in a hopper 33 for bolting the sugar. A pipe 35connectsthe hopper 33 with branch pipes 36 to carry the sugar whichfalls from the said sieve in a doughy or pasty mass tothe-molding-machine, hereinafter to be described. The impalpalolesugar-p0 wder is discharged fromthe boltinghopper 33 into a boiler 38,thence to a filter 40, and the sugar liquid is carried from the filterto the Washing-tank 14 bya pipe 42 for retreatmeut.

Referring to the machine for further treating or molding the sugarsuppliedfrom the above-described apparatus, a horizontal shaft 44,journaled in bearings 46 and 46, has a driving-pulley 43, and it isprovided with a pinion 47, which meshes with a pinion 48 on the lowerend of a vertical shaft 49, having bearings 50 and 51 and having apinion 52 workingin and betweengears 53 and 54 on The vanes 61 and adouble foundation forming a hot-water chamber 62, having supply pipes 63and 64. A horizontal finishing-cylinder 82 is located partly under themixing-cylinders 59 and and is provided-with a shaft 92, having bladesor knives 97 and a gear meshing with a pinion 96 on the shaft 44. Theprojecting end of the. cylinder 82 communicates, withdistributing-cylinder 102 by means of an opening'lOl, controlled byaslide 100, operated by a lever 99. 102 is provided with doors 107 and108 and a cross-bar 106, in which shaft l03, having The lower end of theshaft 103 has a disk 112, provided with depending arms 113, and saidshaft has a pinion100, in mesh with a pinion 110 on the.

shaft 44, and a gear 124, meshing with a gear 123 on a shaft 12 0,havingdistributer-arms Supporting-pillars 65, 66, 67, 84, and 85, havingbrackets 86 and cross-beams69, 70, 7 1, 75,and 87, constitute theprincipal parts of the frame structureofthe machine.

The molding-table 125 has a series of removable copper plates 124,positioned in a trough formed upon the top surface of the ta- Thecylinder ble by a table-rim 136 and a series of verticallyslidablesegments 137, held to the periphery of the table by bolts 144,-extendingthrough the segment-slots 140, 141, 142, and 143. Each segment has acaster or Wheel 138, operated between the rails of an inclined circulartrack 146, which is constructed upon supports 135, and the table 125 isrevolved under the cylinder 102 by a worm-gear 130, operated by a shaft145. Pivoted to ears 163 of the cylinder 102 are arms 152, 153, 159, and160, the latter pair carrying a glazing or finishing roller 157 and theformer pair carrying a presser-roller 150, controlled byan adjustableweight 165, connected to the arms 159 and 160 by a bar 164. Theserollers work over the plates 124 with the discharge from the cylinder102 between the rollers and the plates during the revolution of thetable. The table 125 travels on conical rollers 132, journaled inU-shaped brackets 133, having a post 134 in the supports 135. Thebrackets 133have wings 169, which hold circulating steam-pipes 167 and168 under the table to heat the latter. An ann nlar shell 147 issupported around the table 125 by brackets 148 for convenience inhandling material from the table.

The operation is as follows: I take a sugar containing some parts ofmolasses and mineral salts and pass it through the refining'apparatusshown in Fig. 1, which washes and frees it from the hair of thesugar-bags and from all extraneous bodies and produces a clear, moist,pasty mass, motion being imparted to the molding-machine through thepulley 43 and shaft 45. The pasty mass is carried by the pipe 35 to themixing-cylinders 59 and 60, and after a sufficient mixing therein themassis discharged into a kneading or finishing cylinder 82, whence themass is discharged into the distributing-cylinder 102 and'is worked byshaft 103 and its arms and the shaft 120 and its arms onto the plates124 of the table 125, Where said mass is first pressed by the roller 150and then by the glazing-roller 157, which forms the mass into a flatcircular shape, the thickness of which is regulated by the difference inheight berevolution of the table on the inclined trackcanses thesegments to slide verticallyvand brings the top edge of the segments[lush with the top surface of the table at certain points of itsrevolution, so that after the doughy or pasty mass is cut the size ofeach of the plates 124 the latter, with such mass thereon, may beremoved or slid off onto the annular shelf 147 and other like platessubstituted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for mixing and molding sugar, the combination, of thevertical mixtheir base, the horizontal finishing-cylinder incommunication with the mixing-cylinders, and having a hot-Water chamber,and the distributing-cylinder receiving from the finishing-cylinder anddischarging upon a moldingtable, with the table, rollers pivotally hungfrom the distributing-cylinder and working upon the table, and means forrevolving the said table.

2. In a machine for treating sugar, the combination of the cylindershaving mixers, the finishing-cylinder having a shaft therein providedwith blades, the vertical cylinder to feed the sugar from themixingcylinders, and the chain of gears and pinions for simultaneouslyoperating the mixers, feeder and bladeshaft.

3. The combination, With the molding-table, the conical rollers uponwhich the table is revolved, of the segments movably connected to theperiphery of the table, an inclined track, casters depending from thesegments and working on the track, and means to revolve for the casters,and means to revolve the table.

5. The combination, with the vertical feed- .cylinder, of the armspivoted to one side of the cylinder, a presser-roller journaled in thearms, counterpoised arms pivoted to the other side of-the cylinder, andaglazing-rollerjournaled in these arms.

6. The combination, with a suitable base, an inclined track upon thebase, and rollers supported by the base, of thetable, means forrevolving the table on the rollers, the segments slidably connected tothe periphery of the table, and the casters depending from the segmentsand working on the said track to slide the segments.

7. The combination with the circular table having a rim, and means forrevolving the table, of a circular inclined track under the table, thesegments slidably connected to the table, and the casters connected to.the segments and working on the track to'slide the segments so thatcertain of the latter with the said rim will form a table-trough and theothers of the segments will drop away from the surface of the tableaccording tov the revolution of the table. a

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH ROBIN LANGLOIS.

Witnesses:

ANTOINE AUGIER, EDWARD P. MACLEAN.

